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belligerent
inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
benevolent
generous in providing aid to others; charitable
bequeath
leave to someone by a will; hand down
berate
rebuke or scold angrily and at length
bitartisanship
supported by two opposing parties
blighted
suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
bog
marsh, swamp
bolster
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
bombastic
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
boorish
rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
buoyant
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
burgeon
grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
buttress
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
byzantine
convoluted, complex
cacophonous
discordant; inharmonious; sounding harshly; ill-sounding
cajole
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
callous
emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened
cantankerous
ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
capricious
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
castigate
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication